M8 - Ha

[codemonkey]

Had a run of clear nights here, but along with it came perhaps the worst seeing I've ever had here. I saw Ha subs with FWHM over 5", and guiding over 1.2" on my Mach 1...

But then last night it all came good again, very good. I had many subs down to 1.4" and some even down to 1.3"

So my grand hopes of getting ~35hrs on it (probably pointless with such a bright target to be honest) became a mere 6.3hrs but I'm still pleased with the result.

Full res, high quality on Astrobin (https://www.astrobin.com/full/416289/0/)

[Slawomir]

This is a superb image Lee, sharpness and focus are outstanding :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Yes really very good Lee :thumbsup: apart from no clouds...seeing is everything :) sharpening looks well controlled :thumbsup:

Mike

[Peter Ward]

Very impressive :thumbsup:

[kosborn]

Great image. :thumbsup: I didn't pixel peep but the SNR and detail suggests you don't need 35 hours exposure time...

Kevin

[Atmos]

Great detail in there Lee. Having recently done about 2 hours of RGB with a slow F/10 I found it bright enough that I didn't have any issues with signal strength so you're right, 35 hours of Ha may have been a bit of over kill :)

[Ryderscope]

Suburb detail and contrast Lee. Nice dynamic range as well :thumbsup:

[ChrisV]

Very nice detail. A pleasure to look at in high res

[Placidus]

Astonishingly good. Agree with others. Beautifully sharp and clear, lovely contrast, perfectly processed.

[multiweb]

Superb shot Lee, heaps of details. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[codemonkey]

Thanks everyone, I was pretty happy with this data :-) Finally got some RGB too, so I'll post the HaRGB shortly.





Thanks guys... yeah, 35hrs is definitely excessive for M8, but I had a gap in my schedule of interesting galaxies and since I always go somewhat short in terms of integration time I had decided that this time I'd not do that...

[John K]

Wow Lee,

Great structure in that image!

Really motivates me to try Ha on M8 as well.

Clear skies.

John K.

[codemonkey]

Thanks very much, John :-) Definitely worth getting some Ha if you can!

[Ross G]

A great looking monochrome photo Lee.


Sharp, detailed and beautiful tones.


Ross.

[codemonkey]

Thanks Ross :D